France’s Mysterious Two-Round Voting System, Explained – Analysis

By Théo Bourgery-Gonse

(EurActiv) — French voters go to the polls this Sunday (30 June) for the first round of snap legislative elections – but the country’s two-round first-past-the-post system makes projections complex and political tactics numerous, ultimately benefiting the surging far-right.

On 9 June,...